[Letter to B B Chavas]

Summary

In this letter dated September 21, 1976, Anjana Shah writes to S. B. Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, about the condition and care of her husband, Viren Shah. She explains that he has suffered a heart attack and is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit at J. J. Hospital under M.I.S.A., expressing gratitude for the medical attention he has received.

Shah requests that, when her husband is moved from intensive care, he be transferred to a nursing home rather than kept under police guard. She argues that a nursing home would provide a more congenial environment and allow the family to arrange private nursing, with her undertaking to bear the accommodation and nursing costs.

Key points

• Anjana Shah wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister S. B. Chavan on September 21, 1976.
• Her husband, Viren Shah, had suffered a heart attack and was being treated in intensive care at J. J. Hospital.
• The letter states that Viren Shah was detained under M.I.S.A.
• Shah asks that he be moved from intensive care to a nursing home.
• She presents the nursing home as a more congenial setting than continued detention under police guard.
• She offers to arrange and pay for private nursing and the nursing home’s accommodation.